Aug. 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar has called for the immediate arrest of six men who are wanted by police for destroying a statute of Mahatma Gandhi with a sledgehammer in South Richmond Hill Tuesday. Rajkumar said that the hateful incident — which took place in front of the Hindu temple Tulsi… Read more »
Aug. 19, 2022 By Czarinna Andres Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the city has launched a program to help families seeking asylum enroll their children in public school. The city estimates that at least 1,000 children of asylum-seeking families will enter the public school system next month, with most of the students located within… Read more »
Aug. 19, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Police are looking for a knife-wielding suspect wanted for slashing and robbing a man inside a Kew Gardens subway station Wednesday. The suspect approached a 26-year-old man at around 8 a.m. while the victim was standing on the southbound F train platform inside the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station, police… Read more »
Aug. 17, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A Brooklyn SUV driver has been arrested for fleeing police in Ridgewood last week and plowing into three people — including a toddler. Tyshawn Baldwin, 28, appeared before Queens Criminal Court Wednesday charged with assault, reckless endangerment, fleeing police and other crimes for the horrifying Aug. 10 incident that… Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Aug. 16, 2022 By Samantha Maldonado and Katie Honan Nearly a year after the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded the Forest Hills one-bedroom apartment where Heidi Pashko and her husband live, the couple is finally beginning to settle back into their first-floor home of over four decades…. Read more »
Aug. 17, 2022 By Czarinna Andres The New York Attorney General and the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation have filed a joint lawsuit against a Gotti-owned auto-parts business that has allegedly been releasing dangerous chemicals and oil into the environment. The case was filed Aug. 12 against LSM Auto Parts & Recycling, an automobile salvage… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A third black teenager has been charged for attacking a white woman on an MTA bus in Woodhaven last month—as ugly details emerge about the alleged hate crime. Jahnaiya Williams, 19, was charged in Queens Criminal Court Tuesday with assault and aggravated harassment as a hate crime, and other… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2022 By Christian Murray Eight reputed mobsters—including two from Queens—who allegedly ran underground gambling parlors in Queens and Long Island have been arrested by the feds on racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering and a host of other related offenses. The eight men, who were either part of the Genovese or Bonanno organized crime… Read more »
Aug. 16, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Republican Councilmember Vickie Paladino has posted a video of herself confronting an alleged squatter in College Point. The video, which was posted to Paladino’s Twitter page yesterday, captures the lawmaker in a heated exchange Monday with a man outside a house in the vicinity of 20th Avenue and 146th… Read more »
Aug. 15, 2022 By Michael Dorgan A 74-year-old man is dead after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Ridgewood Sunday. The victim, Be Tran, was hit as he attempted to cross the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Hancock Street at around 7:40 p.m., according to police. The driver, who was in a black-colored BMW,… Read more »